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confiding

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con·fid·ing  (kn-fdng)
adj.
Having a tendency to confide; trusting.
con·fiding·ly adv.
con·fiding·ness n.
confiding [kənˈfaɪdɪŋ]
adj
unsuspicious; trustful
confidingly  adv
confidingness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.confiding - willing to entrust personal matters; "first she was suspicious, then she became confiding"
trustful, trusting - inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust; "great brown eye, true and trustful"- Nordhoff & Hall
Translations
confiding [kənˈfaɪdɪŋ] ADJ in a confiding tone → en tono de confianza
he is too confiding → es demasiado confiado
confiding [kənˈfaɪdɪŋ] adj → confiant(e)
confiding
adj → vertraulich; he’s not a confiding sort of person → er vertraut sich keinem an
confiding [kənˈfaɪdɪŋ] adj → fiducioso/a
confiding [kənˈfaɪdɪŋ] adj → fiducioso/a


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Anna experienced almost physical pleasure in the sensation of his nearness, and his caresses, and moral soothing, when she met his simple, confiding, and loving glance, and heard his naive questions.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
This privilege of seeing woman eat is the earliest granted of those delicate animal intimacies, the fuller and fuller confiding of which plays not the least important part, and ever such a sweet one, even in a highly transcendental affection.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
He was confiding, good-natured, unsophisticated, companionable; but he was not a man to set the river on fire.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
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